Baling-press.



(No Model.)

H. C. MOSHIER.

BALING PBESSI (Application filed Feb. 1, 1900.)

Patented Sept. 4, I900.

2 Sheets-Sheet l.

UNITED STATES TATENT OFFICE.

HENRY CLAY MOSHIER, oF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS;

BALlNGj -PRESS.

summation forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,353, dated September 4, 190d; application filed February 1,1900. ierialNo. sjeso. (No model.)

general class designed for baling hay, in.

which the division-boards between which the bales are formed are automatically inserted,

at proper intervals and forced through the press-box by the compressing action of the plunger. These division or parting boards have generally been separate detached boards which are inserted by hand through the feedopening of the press, either at such intervals as the operator may determine or upon signal, and obviously such a method of handling the boards necessarily oonduces to great irregularity in the sizes of the bales and besides imposes considerable additional and unnecessary manual labor upon the operator whose duty it is to tie bales. So far as I am aware no baling-press has heretofore been provided with parting-boards which are ing stantly arranged in position in the press-box at the proper time and without interferring in any way with the operation of the plan-1 ger, this operation being accomplished automatically during a single operation of the plunger. l l

One primary object of my inventionis to avoid the objections just noted and at the same time insure uniformity in size of the bales and avoidance of the necessity for reliance upon signal or the judgment of the operator for determining when a bale is completed. V

Another object of my invention is to have the sizing of the bales entirely automatic by placing the division or parting boards in unvarying succession in the press-box to divide the material being operated upon into bales of a desired and uniform size. I

Another primary object of myinvention is to provide an automatic flopping device for quickly throwing the parting-boards on to the top of the plunger when in its forward position, from whence they will drop into posi-, tionwholly within the press-box when the plunger moves back to its rearward position and without interfering in anyway with the operation of the plunger.

Further objects of my invention are to provide for maintaining a uniform tension on the carrier, for connecting the parting- 5 boards with the carrier in a novel manner, 3 for constructing the fiopper peculiarly to permit its flopping action without interfer- 1 ing with the carrier, and for constructing the folder in an improved manner.

I view whichwill be fully pointed out herein 1 after in the detail description in connection 1 with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a baling-press embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top planview thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the bal- .-ing press. vertical,sectional'view showing the mouth fof the press-box. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the folder. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view 1 showing folder. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the flopper device. Fig. 8 is a view show.- ing the floating-frame in which the roller F is mounted.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote similar parts in all the fighres, A designates the press-box of ;the machine, which is of the usualtapering form, being slightly contracted from the receiving to the delivering end thereof for the purpose of giving the necessarycompression, and this box may be ofany form or construction and provided with the usual'feed-hopper B or an opening in lieu thereof at the forward end and with a spring-actuated folder 0 at the rear edge of said opening, all of which features are common in machines of this class and broadly speaking form no part of my present invention. A platform D is arranged above the box, or in lieu of the platform simple guide-bars or guides of anykindmaybe provided. The platform is preferably: dis? spectively, the rollers E and F, around which in the drawings is shown in the form of a Lchain, The roller E at the forward end of the box is preferably mounted upon a non- Fig. 4: is an enlarged detailed are trained an endless belt or carrier G,which.

My invention. also has other objects in o posed at a slight angle to'the top of thebox, and at each end of the box are arranged, re'

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rollers land J Acoil-spring K is secured to the frame H andto a rigid portion of the. frame of the machine, sothat the retrac'tile force of the spring tends'to project the frame,

and consequently the roller F, reanward'ly', thus operating to take up slack in the carrier, which may be occasioned by wear or expa'n sion, and also to provide for the shortening; of thechain, caused" by the operation of the plunger in compressing the'bales, and alsoby' the action of" the flopping device, it being noted that the carrier will tend: to pass into the press-box more rapidly than it passes therefrom. J The division or. parting boards L.- are attached loosely to the:- carrier in a novel manner; but in theirgeneralform such as-i'n the grooves M, t to receive "thertie wii'es" for the bales while under compression, these boa rds are=substantially similar tos'those newcommonly employed in machines of thisclass.-

' The carrier, and consequently"these boards,

' press=box the next-succeedingboard musti be draw rrdownand' intothe 'box iin regular order;

Ordinarily" the parting-boards may be" fas tened to the' carrier by means of a short chain'- l-,tthe'endof: this chain being connected to a link of the carnier -ich'aing but I havefound it more desirable to provide the chain 1' with a ring l"on:its endto receive the carriei cha in G, Fig. 4. In order to move: the parting boards around with the: carrier, I provide buttons g or knots or any other similar devices at regular interwals on-t'he carrier ,which are large: enough: to-a-void passing through the rings Z and which engages'aid ringsmove them;itogethenwiththeparting-boards; over and t'h roughit'he pnessbom If the pa' rt In order to facilitate the movement of the boards and the carrier, I provide the folder C,,Eig, 5,lwith a slot 0 and make the rollerE intlie form of'a pulley, as shown. The slot is provided to accommodate the carrier which pass'esthereth rough and around the pulley E, thereby avoiding the engagement of the car- '"r'ier with the edges of the folder. s Theendless carrier-v and the-pa-rtingor division boards attached thereto, adapted to be arranged wholly within thepress-box at one operation and without interfering with the plunger, constitute the essentialan'd broad featlur'eof my inv'entiiom-and-while [prefer to providean" automatic device for assisting the boards to *flopo ve'r at the forward end of athe carrier' into the press-box, it is obvious that this operation wilt bBEIICCOlIl plish'ed to-a i certain degree of perfection without the ad- :-ditiono'f"any'automaticdevice; In thepracgfilOHl-l. use of'the-"machinel have found v that fi'ng the operator who is feeding the hay or other'material i n t'o the hopper-use hispitch- 1 fork to flop theparting-boardsover onto" the topofi the-plungenN or directly in positionin the feed -box at theproper time, this operanon: beihgwelh understood by those accustomed? to using-machines ofi this class. 0f course,- subgj'ect t'o'eonsid erable I strains on the overfin themovement ofthecar'rier without the use-0t an automatic flopping'deviceg-bu-t it'is desirable toiavoid thisstrain, and tothisendI have provided means for an tfomatically accomplishing-this action with practical'l'yno machine. These means consist of atill'ing framewrplatform' (9, const'it'ut'ing ineffect a: continuation of the platform orgnide D at theforward end thereof, which til'tihgplatform is providedwith an" upward'l y projeetingend and is suitably mounted on the sha ft R, which is supported irr the bracket r on the press-box. This platform is norinal l yr maihtaihed inits horizo n ta l position'by means ofia' sprihgfo, which is connected to-the-platform and to an'a rm 0 on the-press box, and

ingt-boards were-rigidlyconnected at theaop-tm the'carrier, therlower part thereof wou-i'cl'be apt to spring out.- of thepress boxafter the bale: is tied and about to be d ischar ged i'ts upper portion still bearing u po'n the ba'le" and affording-i suffic'ie'nt' compression thereofi rm t permitthe'bale to expand autho lower'pa-nt while the upper" part is compressed; and the natural resultwo'uldab'e: that the hay'i'n' the upper partOfi theibaie would crowd dowminto V the -expandinglower pa-nt and permit the up per: tiew-iiirer to slip offl providing this mower/rem and upward projection are slotted asa-ti-p; to accommodate tliecarrier. The constr-u ction of this automatic flopping device is such that as the parting-board m eves overthe plartform'D-an'd ontotlie tilti'n g fraine or platform G), the latter being of sufficient length to extend beyond the middle of the iboa rd the forward edge of -the= board will gstrik e the projection P, and as thefeed conupon its' pivot, carryihgthe-rean or free ed'ge got the board. up and over until the board i'passes the" centerof gravity, when itwill fall Edotted' linesiin Fig. 31 Whenthe plli'nger'is 5 retract ed from-its forward position, asshown satisfactoryresults cam beattained by'havcarriergthe boardswould be ultim'atelyflopped sti ai'nwv'h'atever upon=thecarrier or upon-the itinues the frame or'platfornr N Will betui'ned' gu'ponithe-topof'the plunger, as-illustratedin in Fig. 3, the parting-board resting thereon will drop into operative position in the feedbox.

plunger. Ifthe board were introducedgrad? ually, it might be struck and broken by the plunger, andif no automatic means were will be observed that I absolutely avoid all.

unusual and unnecessary strain upon the car-. rier, and at the same time I provide a device operating automatically under thepull exerted by the ordinary movement of the carrier to carry the parting-board up bodily and flop it into position in the press-box during one operation of the plunger.

A baling-press embodying my inventionis simple in construction, while most effective in operation, as well as insuring results not possible either by the ordinary method of placing the parting-boards in the press-box by hand or byany method of automatic feed ing of the parting-boardsknown to me. Besides, my invention adds little to the cost and weight of the machine as a whole and greatly increases the capacity of the machine by reason ofthe regularity and certainty with which the operations are performed.

Obviously many changes in the construction and arrangement of the parts of the machine maybe made without departing from the spirit of my invention, and all such changes fall within the purview of my invention- For instance, I have shown and described the endless carrier as consisting of a single belt or chain, whereas two or more such chains may obviously be employed, to one or more of which the parting-boards will be attached and the platform or guides may be dispensed with. Furthermore, while I have shown the 1 parting-boards attached at their centers of length to the carrier and by a short chain,

obviously they may be attached at other points where multiple belts or chains constitute the carrier, and they may be attached in any suitable manner other than that herein described.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a baling-press, the combination with a press-box, of an endless carrier threaded through said box, and a series of parting:

It will thus be observed that I provide automatic devices for flopping the parting-1 boards into operative position in the feed-box during one complete operation of the plun- .ger and in such a manner that it will not in .any Way interfere with the movement of the a press-box, of an endless carrier threaded through said box, and a series of partingboards loosely connected at one edge to said carrier and means for moving said partingboards into operative position in the-pressbox inone operation of the plunger, substantially as described.

3. In a baling-press, the combination with a press-box and a platform or guide above the same, of an endless carrier arranged to travel through said box and over said platform or guides, and aseries of partingboards attachedat one edge to saidcarrier an d means for moving said partingboards into operative position in the press-box in one operation of the plunger, substantially as described.

4:. In a baling-press, the combination with a press-box and an endless carrier arranged to travel through said box, of a series of parting-boards attached to said carrier, and means for automatically flopping said boards just prior to entering the press-box, substantially as described. I

5. In a ba1ing-press,-the combination with a press-box and a platform or guide above said box, of an endless carrier arranged to travel over said platform or guide and through the box, a series of parting-boards attached to said carrier, and means for automatically flopping said boards prior to entering the press-box, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a press-box and an endless carrier arranged to travel through said box, of a series of parting-boards attached to said carrier, a pivoted tilting platform near the forward end of said carrier, and a proj ection on said platform adapted and arranged to engage the forward edge of said parting- ,boards, whereby the latter will be flopped endless carrier arranged to travel through said box, of a series of parting-boards attached to said carrier, a pivoted tilting platform near the forward end of said carrier, an angular projection on said platform arranged in the path of movement of the parting-boards and adapted to flop said parting-board when the latter engage said projection, and means for returning the platform to its regular position after it has discharged the parting-board, substantially as described. r

8. The combination with a press-box and an endless carrier, arranged to travel through said box, of parting-boards attached to said carrier, a pivoted tilting platform near the forward end of said carrier, and provided with a slot to receive the carrier, said platform being adapted to be engaged by the to the parting-boards and carrying rings on theirfree ends to receive the endless carrier whereby the parting-boards are loosely con-3 'nected to the carrier, substantially as'de-l scribed. y 10. The combination with .an endless carrie'r' provided with buttons at suitable inter vals, of parting-boards and chains connected to said parting-boards at one end andpro-x vided with ringson their other ends toreceive; the carrier'and be engagedby the buttons; thereon,substantially as'described. a 3 11. The combination with a press-box, an endless carrier, arranged to travelthere-f through, and a series of parting-boards attached to said carrier, of a folder at one end of said press-box and provided with a'slot and a pulley to receive the carrier, substantially} as described.

12. The combination with a press-box, an endless carrier arranged to travel there-J through, and a series of'parting-boards at taohed tosaidcarrienoiiamovable frame car} 'rying a roller at oneend of the press-box and adapted to mai n'tain the "carrier at an even tension, substantially as described 13. The combination with a press-box, an endless carrier arranged to travel therethrough, and a series of. parting-boards attached to said carrier, of ainovable frame lo cated at one end of said-box and carrying a roller overvwhich the carrier operates and "which is adapted'to maintain the carrier at an even tension, and a folder at the opposite and a pulley to receive the carrier, substan- 'tially as described.

' HENRY CLAY nosinnn.

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1 W.- HsSEIBERT- end of said press-box providedqwith a slot 

